Comfort pick or meta pick? Predicting League of Legends matches from champion experience

Should you plunge right into a ranked match with a champion that you have never played before just because it is the “meta” pick? This study says otherwise!

Using different machine-learning algorithms, researchers Do, Wang, et al. show how player-champion experience is a good predictor of match outcome. Before you lock in that one-trick, read through the pub so you could explain to your teammates why you would pick that godawful champion!